logically
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈlɑːdʒɪkli/
:
lógicamente
- She presented her argument logically, ensuring that each point connected clearly to the last.
- follow logically
- think logically
- organized logically
As you know, it's not about trying to logically argue with those voices in our head.
- As you know, it's not about trying to logically argue with those voices in our head.
- But yes, now why would that logically be true?
- And very logically that can't continue.
- We, it is done properly, it's done logically, it's done in a very linear fashion.
- So with that, one might logically deduce that out the window goes your bliss.
- To me, the answer is easy if you take it logically.
- And I tried to answer his question logically.
- I think when a person's disordered, yes, they're trying to think logically about what they should and shouldn't eat.
- Oh, it was something like follow irrational ideas with as, as as rationally and logically as possible, right.
- Now, logically speaking, any of those levels has sound logic.
- And then students are trying to produce very logically continuous sentences.
Examples
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Did the governor's proposed actions follow logically from his concerns and evaluation of the issue?
Academic text (1990) -
Let's look at this logically, OK?
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So that seems logically the best place to begin.
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We gotta think logically here.
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I just kept using what I learned in class to think logically about the situation.
Academic text (2011) -
The salesman explained quite logically that it would make more sense to buy a jacket.
Fiction book (1993) -
But in the meantime, let's think about this logically.
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Many problems were built into the system; others grew logically from its flaws.
Academic text (1999) -
But if we don't go at this logically, we're going to get nowhere.
Fiction book (1990) -
Logically, the wildlife could coexist with our units in the cave.
Synonyms
72
2.4
In a sensible way that shows good judgment
56
3.9
In a clear, reasonable way based on facts
15
3.7
In a way that shows good judgment and practical choices
4
5.8
In a careful, logical way to study and solve problems
2
3.9
In a way that the law accepts or that follows the right rules
2
6.7
In a clear and convincing way using good reasons
1
6.7
Using general rules to find a specific answer
Antonyms
How Logical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Logically comes from the old Greek root logos, which means 'word' or 'reason', and it is the same root as logic. So to think logically is to use clear, careful reason, which is why the word means 'in a way that is based on clear, sound reasoning'.